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SINK.

No. 275,755. Patented Apr .10,1883.

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' SINK;

No. 275,755 Patented Apr. 10,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. ELLIOTT, OF READING, AND WILLIAM J. TOVVNE, OF NEWTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

SINK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,755, dated April10, 1883.

Application filed May 3,18E2. (No model.)

'10 all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that WB,VVILLIAM W. ELLIOTT, of Reading,in thecounty ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, and WlLLIAM J. TOWNE,

of Newton,in the said county of Middlesezi and State of Massachusetts,citizens of the United States. have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sinks, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and-exactdescription, reference to being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forminga part of this specification, in explaining its nature, in which--Figure 1 is a perspective view of the sink' with one end broken out toillustrate construction. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof, and Fig.

3 is a vertical cross-section. Fig. I is a vertical end section of thesink, in which the arrangement and connection of the corner dish of thesink is shown.'

This invention relates, first, to a metal sink having an overlappingledge, with guides formed thereon to support a tray, thev edge of theledge is preferably made thicker, which, in connection with the curve ofthe ledge, J serves to strengthen the same and enables the sink to becast with far less liability of the casting being imperfect on accountof cracking or warping; second, to a movable tray resting on plates andguides; and, third, to the method of attaching the corner soap-dish tothe sink. I

In the drawings, Ais the sink, a is the supporting flange or ledge, anda is the curved portion thereof. This curved portion may be solid andoval, circular, or semicircular in cross-section, as desired; but ineither case the outer edge is made thicker to give additional strengthand to prevent the warping or'cracking of the casting. We prefer theconstruction shown in the drawings, because it is lighter than theconstruction employing a solid thickened edge. Heretofore sinks havebeen provided with supporting flanges, ledges, or extensions which havebeen of the same thickness throughout, or which have slightly decreasedin thickness from the inner toward the outer edge thereof, and thisconstruction is found to be objectionable because itis not strong, andbecause it is not easily cast; quite a large per- 0 centage of sinksmade in this way being quite nnsalable on account of the cracking of theflange, or on account of its being of an irregular shape when taken fromthe sand. Ourinvention, however, provides additional strength and at thesame time overcomes the difliculty attending the casting of the straightflange,

or of the plain circular flange formed-of the same or decreasingthickness near the outer extremity.

. B is the tray. It preferably has an openwork or perforated bottom, I),and the extensions I), which rest upon the upper surface of the sink,which surface provides, in connection .with thesides b of the tray,guides upon which the tray can be moved'to any position desired.

The soap-dish O is made separate from the sink, and is secured in placeby means of the stud-screws or lugs c, which are cast with the sink, andwhich project outwardly from the 7:) inner surface thereof, one upon theside and one upon the end, and both near the corner, and which furnishsupports upon which the flange 0 of the dish rests, and at the same timethey hold the dish, closely against the sides of the sink at the corner.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States- 1. A cast-metal sink, A, withoverlapping 8o ledge a, provided with flat Ways upon the top of the saidledge, adapted to receive and support the guides of an adjustable tray,and also with lugs c 0, adapted to receive and support a soap-dish,substantially as and for the pur- S poses specified.

2. In a metal sink havinga curved overlapping flange or ledge, the saidflange or ledge made thicker at or near the outer edge, with flat waysupon either side of the sink, formed upon theupper surface ofthe'interior ledge, a, in combination with the adjustable tray B,provided with guide b and supporting-plate b substantially as and forthe purposes described.

3. The combination of the soap-dish G with the sink A, provided withlugs or projections c 0, adapted to support the said soap-dish in thecorner of the sink, substantially as and for the purposes described.

WILLIAM W. ELLIOTT. WILLIAM J. TOWNE.

